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E. M. WHEELER.

GONDENSER.

i Patented'June 25, 1895.

NiTnn STATTns PATENTy Trice@ FREDERICK MERIAM WHEELER, OF MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE GEO. F. BLAKE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 541,781, dated J une 25, 1895. Application led August 30. 1894. Serial N0, 521,691. (No model.)

To all when?, n may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK MERIAM lVI-IEELER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Montclair, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Condenscrs, of which'the following is a'specication.

Condensers have heretofore been made in which the steam from the engine passes into ro a vertical pipe and water has been brought in'to contact with said steam either before the Water passes through the pump or afterward, and in some instances a descending column of Water passing through an annular opening has received within the column the steam so as to act upon the steam to condense it as well as to produce a minus pressure or suction action to draw the steam into the water.

The object of the present invention is to zo economize the water and cause the same to thoroughly mix with the steam so that it gives a column of water which will condense a larger volume of steam than has heretofore been usual, and with this object in View l give to z5 the downwardly issuing jet of water a rotation in the discharge nozzle, such rotation'heing effected by diagonally or spirally curved blades and the rotary movelnent ofthe water causes the same to mix with and condense 3o the steam with great rapidity and without lessening the minus pressure or suction action of the descending column of Water, and the case of the condenser is preferably tapering so that the Water has a rotary and spiral movement. Hence I term this condenser the spirojector7 condenser. l y

In'the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of the improved apparatus, and Fig. 2 is a detached .view of the detlectors.

4o The steam passes by the pipe A and the curved neck B to the condenser, and there is usually an' adjustable relief valve at C opening outward in case of any accumulation of pressure in the condenser.

The water vsupply pipe D passes to the top lof thepvertical column E which is advantageously contracted in the middle portion and connected at its lower end to the discharge pipe F passing-to the hot Well or other recep- 5o tacle.

Within the upper portion of the condenser is an annular deilector H composed of the tapering tube 3 that is flanged at its upper end so as to be connected with the flanges 4. that unite the neck of the steam pipe to the condenser, and this tapering tube 3 forms a channel for the steam passing into the condenser and around the tapering tube 3 and below the inlet water-way arethe wings or deflectors 5 which are advantageously vertical or :nearly 6o so at their upper ends and curved in one direction at their lower ends so that as the Water which passes into the condenser from the pipe D descends it is given a diagonal movement bythe curved lower ends of the deiicctors 5, and this lateral movement causes the water to rotate within the tapering condenser case E as it passes downwardly, and this movement of the water is similar to a whirlpool and the water mixes with and rapidly7o condenses the steam in its downward and spiral movement, so that the efficiency of the condenser is promoted and the volume of water required for condensing a given volume of steam is lessened.

I claim as my inventionl 1. The combination in a condenser, of a case, a connection to the upper end thereof for admitting steam, a connection for the supply of condensing water, a tapering tube 8o through which the steam passes and deflector wings upon the exterior of said tube, the wings being inclined to give to the descending column ofwater a rotary or spiral movement in the condenser case, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination in a condenser, of a case E contracted near the middle thereof, a

steam supply pipe connected with the upper end thereof, a tapering tube extending down- 9o wardly into the condenser case, a lateral water supply pipe and deflecting wings around the tapering tube that are vertical or nearly so at their upper ends and curved at the lower ends to give to the descending column of water a rotary or spiral movement, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 21st day of August, 1894.

FREDK. MERIAM WHEELER. Witnesses:

W. A. EBSEN, Guo. C. CONKLIN. 

